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Examples:hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions—word and actions coincide (idiom); live up to one's word—cold words and sarcastic comments (idiom); mock and ridicule—character with meanings influenced by other words—bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording—used transliterate words with sounds kip-, cap- etc—listening the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books—list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes)—particle signaling a pause, emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")—be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words—Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.—word family (cognate words within a given language)—(modified from Confucian Analects) with the right title (or reputation), the words carry weight—document guaranteeing the words or actions of a third party (old)—slow and inarticulate (idiom); person of few words—coincident code (i.e. two characters or words having the same encoding)—lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning—old: reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word—sweet words and honeyed phrases (idiom); elegant but insincere words—indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words—Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.—appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit—hard explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly—native words (i.e. not derived from Chinese, in Korean and Japanese etc)—"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)—one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight—thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things say—between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning—observe sb's words and gestures (idiom, from Analects); to examine words and moods for a clue as to sb's thoughts—graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words—only (classical, usually follows negative or question words)—substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior—show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc)—name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)—agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words—(used in constructing words for feelings such as anger, surprise, sympathy etc)—teaching by example beats explaining in words [idiom.]—(conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart [idiom.]—one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice—word for Western natural sciences during late Qing—inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect)—(in the Romanization of Chinese) write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)—word (general term including monosyllables through short phrases)—measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)—characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown)—karoshi (loan word from Japanese), death from overwork—important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it anyone!—tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent)—every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing—explaining a character or word by using a homophone—signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)—Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist—determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix—particle indicating that a previously asked question is be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")—a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)—just a word or two (idiom); a few isolated phrases—one word and it's settled (idiom); It's a deal!—speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word—radical of a compound word (in European language)—word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs—not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected—lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing—guide sb. back to the right path by repeated word and example— |